TurboDan wrote:

As fuel prices are going through the roof in the U.S

You should see the prices over here! Petrol (Gas) Currently IRO £1.40 - £1.45 per LITRE  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

149.9p per litre on the way home tonight!

By my reckoning, at today's exchange rate, that's $9.79 per US gallon for Diesel and $9.20 per US gallon for "Gasoline".

Hi

From begining

Mini van (ex GPO)
Mk111 Cortina 1.6
Alfasud sprint 1.3 Rusted to pieces but brilliant drive!
Fiat Uno
Honda Civic
Audi 80

Then company cars
Escort
Peugeot 405
Granadas X 3
Audi 80 Avant
Volvo V40
BMW3 touring
Audi A6 Avants X2
Audi A4 Avant

Then the Freelander


For reliability the Granadas take the honours, the Audis were OK but all had issues the last one died 3 times with faulty injectiors,so gave up on Audi. 2012 MY TD4 SX Manual in very rare Buckingham Blue!

My 1st vehicle after passing my test was an Austin 250JU minibus
other noteables have been:
Austin 1800 (ex army staff car)
Sunbeam Imp Sport (Race tuned, L2 cams)
Fiat Panda (my 1st 4X4), the old box one
Numerous company cars
FL1 (the bug that bit me) Prog rock is cool!
2012 XS SD4 Indus Silver

VW Polo 1.2 manual, I don't think you could get a more different car. Feel every bump in the road in the Polo, can drop gear on the corners and nip into small gaps, used to forget the last time I had to fuel it up. Now it feels like I'm driving a thirsty tank (not complaining too much)

series 2a /range rover p38 /disco mk1

Holy thread revival, Batman!

Bmw F25 X3 30d.

I copied this list of my motoring history from a similar thread of a couple of years ago.

My own cars (passed driving test in beginning of 1961)
1961 1961 Ford 100E Popular -- 60k+ miles over 3 yrs --first car -- freedom!!
1964 1964 Vauxhall Viva HA -- 60K+ miles over 4 yrs -- drove this one through East Germany in the Cold War.
1968 1968 Vauxhall Victor 2000 Estate -- about 70k miles over 6 years (inc 2+ years in Germany)
1974 1972 Vauxhall Victor VX4/90 -- not sure about mileage but I ran this into the ground -- Fast car in its day
1979 1976 Ford Escort 1100 -- mileage about 15k per year -- I had a bit of a change of fortune at this time
1980 1977 Dolomite 1850 -- mileage about 15k per year -- Starting to recover to a decent fast cruising car
1982 1979 Dolomite Sprint 2000 --- I kept this car until about 2010 (had about 85k miles on clock when sold) - This was my favourite car of all time.
Company cars -- these were my reliable work horses -- needed to start first time and travel day and night
1984 1984 Vauxhall Astra 1300 Estate -- about 20k mile per year
1987 1987 Austin Montego 1600 -- about 22k mile per year
1990 1990 Vauxhall Cavalier SRI 2000 -- about 28k miles per year
1992 1992 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS 1600 -- about 28k miles per year
1995 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS 2000 16v --- I kept this car until 2004 ** -- a surprisingly quick and frugal car
1998 1998 Vauxhall Vectra SRI 2000 -- about 30k miles in year and a bit
My own cars since retirement
1999 1995 Vauxhall Cavalier GLS 2000 16v (about 152k miles altogether) **
2004 2004 Vauxhall Signum Elite 2000 Turbo -- about 109k miles in 8 yrs-- a good family do anything car
2012 2010 FL2 SX SD Auto -- about 61k miles in 5 yrs
2017 2014 FL2 Metro SD Auto

I have enjoyed driving most of these cars over the years, and have progressed from my first car 3 speed sidevalve 36hp car (with extra heater!) to my quite luxurious auto diesel 190hp FL2 (with standard just about everything) in some 57 years.

Most importantly for me and my various jobs, they have been relatively reliable and provided transport when ever needed day or night. (They have all been regularly maintained - I owed it to them)

It looks a lot when you list them, and I haven't included my Motor caravan (now vintage) or my wife's various cars.

https://www.freel2.com/forum/topic5324.html?highlight=viva FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2010 2012-2017 (21k - 91k miles) (MY2011)
FL2 Metropolis SD4 Auto 2014 2017- (16k - 77k+ miles) (MY2015)
Metro in its 11th Year of (Extended) LR Warranty / Full LR Service History
(Expensive, but Trouble/Worry free - hopefully?)

When SWMBO and I first met we had :
Mini 1275 GT
Triumph Spitfire

Since then we've had
MG Metro
Austin Metro x2
Ford Fiesta XR2
Opel Manta GTE
BMW 318 compact Ti
Vauxhall Cavalier 1.6L estate - kids arrived
Ford Sierra 1.6 x2
Peugeot 305 GLD estate - got into diesels when we moved to the Netherlands
Peugeot 405 GTD
Peugeot 405 GRD estate
Peugeot 205 GRD
LR Discovery 200TDI S
LR Discovery 300TDI ES
LR Discovery TD5 XS
Skoda Fabia VRS - after seeing Clarkson drive one on Top Gear - sorted the under-steer with some simple suspension mods
Skoda Octavia VRS estate
Audi TT (mk1) 3.2 VR6 Quattro - mad purchase - rubbish handling
BMW 330D M Sport Touring (modified) - awesome Q car - annoying design/QA issues
LR Series 2A
LR Series 3
LR 90 TD (converted to 3.5 V
Freelander Mk1 x3
Freelander Mk2 x3 - the keeper
Ford Fiesta ST3 - runabout
Diahatsu Copen - SWMBO's
Mazda Bongo - when the kids didnt want to come in the caravan anymore Jules

'78 Mini Clubman estate
'87 Miny City E
'95 Mini Sprite
'94 Peugeot 405 GLD saloon.
'96 Peugeot 405 GLX DT estate - loved this car!
'92 Peugeot 405 GLDT saloon
'91 Ford Sierra 1.8 LX
'03 VW Passat TDI estate - my only new car to date
'04 Landrover Discovery 2 TD5 Landmark
'14 Landrover Freelander 2 GS SD4

Also had a '68 Morris Minor 4dr during that time as a classic and my current '63 Morris Mini Minor.
And now I quite fancy a Rover 75 as a future classic if the right one comes along...... Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

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Before my F2 I had:
Land Rover Airportable Series 3
VW Polo 1.4 CL (family owned from new with 36,000 miles when sold on)
Freelander 1 Td4 rally car (silver)
Freelander 1 Td4 Rally car extreme (Blue)
Land Rover 90 with 200Tdi from a Disco
Freelander 1 V6 rally car
Freelander 1 1.8 in Teal swapped for Land Rover Airportable 2A ex Cypriot gunship.
Disco 1 300Tdi ES
Disco 1 300Tdi ES
Disco 1 V8 ES with only 20,000 genuine miles on the clock, but terminal rust.
Land Rover Series 3 Airportable
Disco 1 200Tdi
Disco 1 200Tdi
Land Rover Series 3 Airportable
Land Rover 90 Ex MoD
Land Rover 110 Ex MoD
Land Rover 110 Ex MoD (RAF)
Land Rover Airportable Series 3
Land Rover 109 ex MoD
Land Rover 109 ex MoD
Land Rover Airportable series 3
Land Rover Series 3 / coil sprung hybrid
Land Rover 110
Land Rover Airportable Series 2A
Land Rover Civvy series 2A with Airportable body ( saw me coming there !)
Land Rover Airportable Series 3

Probably a few I've missed like my F2RS, below:

Looks like a North, with a Discovery 2 chassis under.
[the Tempest alloys give it away]

North indead, but full space frame chassis. I was told to get rid by someone in the off road fabrication business. Turns out this vehicle had been subject of a court case and could never be put on the road without making serious modifications and spending some serious cash. Guy who bought it from me sunk around £20K on it before he eventually sold it on unfinished at a massive loss !

I'm not quite old enough to have had someone walk in front waving a red flag - but close. Started driving in '68.

* Favourites

Austin A30
Morris Minor 850
* Ford Anglia 105E - wrote off
Morris Minor 1000
Studebaker Champion
* Bedford CA Workbus
* Ford Classic
----------------- Married
Morris Mini '63
MG 1300
----------------- Kids
Ford Escort Estate
Austin Maxi
----------------- Company cars
Vauhall Chevette Estate
Austin Metro - worst car ever
* Ford Fiesta 1.1
* Ford Orion 1600E
Ford Sierra
Volvo 240 GLT
Volvo 740 - family favourite
Peugeot 405
*Ford Mondeo Si - aubergine pearlescent - best drive I've had
Alfa Romeo GTV
VW Golf TDi - picked up 9 licence points in 6 months
Audi 3 Sportback
------------------- retired
*BMW 518
BMW Z3 2.8
----------------------- got a BIG dog
*Ford Mondeo Mk3 Estate Freelander 2 2010 [MY2011] FA 2.2 TD4 XS